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Wednesday 19th March 2025

“For the Lord your God is the God of gods and Lord of lords. He is the great God, the mighty and awesome God, who shows no partiality and cannot be bribed. 18 He ensures that orphans and widows receive justice. He shows love to the foreigners living among you and gives them food and clothing. 19 So you, too, must show love to foreigners, for you yourselves were once foreigners in the land of Egypt. 20 You must fear the Lord your God and worship him and cling to him. Your oaths must be in his name alone. 21 He alone is your God, the only one who is worthy of your praise, the one who has done these mighty miracles that you have seen with your own eyes. 22 When your ancestors went down into Egypt, there were only seventy of them. But now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky!” Deuteronomy 10:17-22 NLT

God of Gods and Lord of Lords,

Your Son, Jesus spoke these words in the sermon on the mount, “Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill. For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or stroke shall pass from the Law until all is accomplished. ” (Matthew 5:17,18). When we read Moses, Your prophets words we see truth mirrored exactly. You are eternally God of Gods, Lord of Lords. You show no partiality and cannot be bribed. You love each one of us. And we can come freely and ask and receive because of Jesus. You showed Your love and lovingkindness to Your children so they would learn to love and be kind. You showed us the extent of Your love in Jesus.

There were only about 70 of Jacobs family who moved to Egypt in Josephs time. By the beginning of the Book of Numbers there are 603,550 fighting men (Numbers 2:31). That was not counting their families so maybe 1 to 2 million? When the the church began there were only 12 disciples and possibly 120 in the upper room (Acts 1:15). Now the church numbers approximately 2 billion around the world. Church may look different in each generation but if You, God are still worshiped as the Lord of Lords and God of Gods who gave Your Son to die for us (John 3:16) rose again and poured out Your Spirit to bring us new life (John 3:3), we will continue to grow.

We seek You for our own personal growth, for our church to grow and for Your Kingdom to grow here on earth and for Your people to show love and cling to You.

In Jesus name we pray, Amen.

Worship Wednesday 19th March 2025

Surely our God is the God of gods
And the Lord of kings
The revealer of mysteries
Surely our God is the God of gods
And the Lord of kings

He changes the times and the seasons
He gives rhythm to the tides
He knows what is hidden
In the darkest of places
Brings the shadows in to His light

Chorus

I will praise You always my Father
You are Lord of heaven and earth
You hide Your secrets
From the wise and the learned
And reveal them to this Your child

Chorus

Thank You for sending Your only Son
We may know the mystery of God –
He opens the treasures
Of wisdom and knowledge
To the humble not to the proud

Lyrics: David L and Liz Morris


Tuesday 18th March 2025

“At that time the Lord said to me, ‘Chisel out two stone tablets like the first ones. Also make a wooden Ark—a sacred chest to store them in. Come up to me on the mountain, 2 and I will write on the tablets the same words that were on the ones you smashed. Then place the tablets in the Ark.’ “So I made an Ark of acacia wood and cut two stone tablets like the first two. Then I went up the mountain with the tablets in my hand. Once again the Lord wrote the Ten Commandments on the tablets and gave them to me. They were the same words the Lord had spoken to you from the heart of the fire on the day you were assembled at the foot of the mountain. Then I turned and came down the mountain and placed the tablets in the Ark of the Covenant, which I had made, just as the Lord commanded me. ” Deuteronomy 10:1-5 NLT

“Clearly, you are a letter from Christ showing the result of our ministry among you. This ‘letter’ is written not with pen and ink, but with the Spirit of the living God. It is carved not on tablets of stone, but on human hearts.” 2 Corinthians 3:3 NLT

Heavenly Father,

Not an easy task to chisel out two tablets of stone – especially Moses remembering he himself smashed the first ones as an emotional reaction. He made an Ark too or rather those skilled in carpentry and carving and gold embossing did! It represented a holy place, a God spot, and the tablets were placed inside it.

Your Word in the Ark in the centre of the camping Tribes. And in the midst of them as they moved off. How often the Old Testament reflects the coming New. Now You call us to keep You Word and Law in the centre of our lives – in our hearts. And You chisel it into our heart by Your Holy Spirit if we will ask and allow Him to. That is one thing that remains the same – it is our choice.

We can read Your Word like a good book. We can know Jesus as a good man. Or we can allow Him, by Your Holy Spirit to bring Your Word to our hearts and apply it daily, minute by minute till it is as natural to us as breathing. Not in a religious, strict way but as Jesus did, with gentleness and strength, kindness and direction, certainty and hopefulness. Help me know the ‘Thou shalt nots’
and help me know the ‘Thou shalts . . .

In Jesus name we pray, Amen

Worship Tuesday 18th March 2025

Jesus, be the centre
Be my source, be my light Jesus
Jesus, be the centre
Be my hope, be my song Jesus

Be the fire in my heart
Be the wind in these sails
Be the reason that I live
Jesus, Jesus

Jesus, be my vision
Be my path, be my guide Jesus
Jesus, be my vision
Be my path, be my guide Jesus

Chorus

Jesus, be the centre
Be my source, be my light Jesus
Jesus, be the centre
Be my source, be my light Jesus

Chorus

Lyrics: Michael Frye.

Monday 17th March 2025

“Then Moses set apart three cities of refuge east of the Jordan River. 42 Anyone who killed another person unintentionally, without previous hostility, could flee there to live in safety. 43 These were the cities: Bezer on the wilderness plateau for the tribe of Reuben; Ramoth in Gilead for the tribe of Gad; Golan in Bashan for the tribe of Manasseh.” Deuteronomy 4:41-43 NLT

God our refuge,

In Your instructions to Moses and the plans for the Promised land You included 12 cities of refuge. So they would be spaced among each tribes land and a distance anyone could reach. You did not cover over accidents and loss of control and murder. You gave places of refuge. Places of justice. Later the Psalmist would pen the Words “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.” (Psalm 46:1).

Today we do not have to run a half marathon to reach You. You are right here, where and when we need You. Which is always! But sometimes more than others! David sang, The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer;  my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation. (2 Samuel 22:2,3). When he was saved from Saul and his enemies. We too can praise You because You are our refuge, a place of safety. No longer condemned for our sin and safe in the knowledge a place is prepared for us with You in heaven (John 14:1-4).

And today if we need comfort, assurance forgiveness or direction, You are here for us. And we worship You.

In Jesus name we pray, Amen.

Worship Monday 17th March 2025

In Christ alone, my hope is found
He is my light, my strength, my song
This Cornerstone, this solid ground
Firm through the fiercest drought and storm
What heights of love, what depths of peace
When fears are stilled, when strivings cease
My Comforter, my All in All
Here in the love of Christ I stand.

In Christ alone, who took on flesh
Fullness of God in helpless babe
This gift of love and righteousness
Scorned by the ones He came to save
‘Til on that cross as Jesus died
The wrath of God was satisfied
For every sin on Him was laid
Here in the death of Christ I live, I live.

There in the ground His body lay
Light of the world by darkness slain
Then bursting forth in glorious Day
Up from the grave He rose again
And as He stands in victory
Sin’s curse has lost its grip on me
For I am His and He is mine
Bought with the precious blood of Christ.

No guilt in life, no fear in death
This is the power of Christ in me
From life’s first cry to final breath
Jesus commands my destiny
No power of hell, no scheme of man
Can ever pluck me from His hand
Till He returns or calls me home
Here in the power of Christ I’ll stand

Lyrics: Keith Getty & Stuart Townend